Trump Tower Climber Apparently Uploaded Video Message Addressed to Donald Trump
One day before he began scaling the building with the aid of powerful suction cups, the Trump Tower climber appears to have posted a video on YouTube announcing his plan to Donald Trump.
The Astro-Turfing Democratic Strategist Who Launched Donald Trump's Presidential Campaign
Just over a year ago, Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign from the atrium of Trump Tower, standing at the base of his gilded escalator to deliver his populist warnings about Mexican rapists and radical Islam. That event was organized by Bradley Gerstman, a lobbyist and Democrat strategist.
My Quest To Find Pokémon Trainers At Trump Tower
Yesterday, the Trump campaign finally acknowledged Pokémon Go. Finally. The Republican frontrunner’s newest anti-Clinton smear ad made a nod to Niantic’s hit app (“Crooked Hillary No!”), probably explained to him by his interns. Given Pokémon Go’s apparent resonance with the The Donald’s campaign, I wondered how…
Donald Trump Is Still Getting That $304 Middle-Class Tax Break
In March, Crain’s New York reported that Donald Trump has, for the past three years, received a tax credit intended for New York City families who have an income under $500,000. Both the city and the Trump campaign agreed that a mistake had been made, although nobody could explain what had actually happened. In any…
Donald Trump to Keep Warring Factions of His Campaign on Separate Floors of Trump Tower
According to New York magazine, Donald Trump, in preparation for the general election, is giving campaign chairman Paul Manafort and campaign manager Corey Lewandowski plenty of room to avoid each other: These two spoiled brats will each get their own office space on different floors of Trump Tower.
Marco Rubio's Death Rattle Request to Voters: Google It
The final Republican debate before so-called next week’s “Super Tuesday” series of primaries got real rowdy real quick, with Marco Rubio attacking Donald Trump over his having hired undocumented immigrants to work on one of his real estate projects in the 1980s.
Here’s a Nice Drawing
Donald Trump almost certainly has a dick. This much we know. What we don’t know (and let’s hope that never changes) is what that dick actually looks like. Artist Illma Gore, though, has an idea. And thanks to her most recent artwork, that idea is about to be seared into your memory.
Rick Perry Partied with Reality Stars at Fashion Week
Far-right presidential candidate Rick Perry dined with self-appointed "godfather of politics" Donald Trump last night. What did they do afterwards? Partied with pageant queens, Kardashians, and Kathie Lee Gifford at the Sheri Hill fashion show in the Trump Tower. Update: Page Six reports that Perry "made a beeline…
Palin and Trump to Share Grifter Philosophies Over Dinner
The next historical landmark that Sarah Palin will visit on her Roadkill Tour 2k11 will be... Donald Trump's apartment, in New York City's Trump Tower! This is the famous site where the Founding Fathers "fired Gary Busey" in 1785.
Trump to Break Ground in Former Soviet Union
How dead is Soviet-style communism? This dead:
British Exec Buys at Superior Ink; A New Listing at TWC
• Rod Aldridge, the founder of the leading British outsourcing company Capita Group, has picked up a place in New York. Aldridge, whose company managed London's congestion pricing program and who was forced to resign as Capita's chairman amid a bribery scandal in 2006, paid $13.75 million for a 4,116-square-foot condo…
A Discount at Trump Tower; A Sale at 11 Spring
• Bank of America portfolio manager Raymond Cubero and his wife, Kathleen Comerford, have dropped the price of their Trump Tower duplex. The 3,300-square-foot "smart house," which they put on the market with Paula Del Nunzio for $14.995 million in June, is now listed for $12.995 million. [Cityfile, BHS]
• Real estate…
Mexican Mogul Lists, Financial CEO Buys
• Mexican telecommunications billionaire Carlos Peralta has put his 2,510-square-foot Trump Tower condo on the market. The apartment's gold finishes, padded walls, mirrored ceiling, and Jacuzzi in the master bedroom can all be yours for $13.5 million. [NYO, TP]
• James Maher, the CEO of BlackRock Kelso Capital, has…
Sbarro Heir Sells, Eli Broad De-Lists
• Anthony Sbarro, heir to the pizza empire founded by his parents in the 1950s and a vice chairman at the company, has sold his 1,600-square-foot apartment at the Essex House on Central Park South for $3.25 million. [Cityfile]
• After ten months and three price cuts, financier and philanthropist Eli Broad has decided…
